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CARR v. STATE

No. S96A1626.

482 S.E.2d 314 (1997)

267 Ga. 701

CARR v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied April 3, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Millard C. Farmer, Jr., Joseph M. Nursey, Michael A. McKenzie, Cozen & O'Connor, Donald Franklin Samuel, Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C., Atlanta, for Weldon Wayne Carr.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Rebecca A. Keel, Carl P. Greenberg, Assistant District Attorneys, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for State.

BENHAM, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from Weldon Wayne Carr's convictions of malice murder and first degree arson1. Carr's wife died in a fire in their home. He recounted to authorities that he awoke and realized there was a fire downstairs in their home; that he tried to get his wife to escape with him through a bedroom window, but she resisted and tried to go toward the fire; and that he lost her in the smoke and confusion after a struggle...

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